Life-science briefing: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
AGI Dermatics takes in $5M for skincare products (release)
Myconostica raises £3.9 for fungal diagnostics (GenomeWeb)
Germany’s Noxxon gets €1M grant for aptamer drugs (release)
AGI Dermatics takes in $5M for skincare products – Freeport, N.Y.-based AGI Dermatics, a startup concentrated on skincare products, raised $5 million in… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007
Featured companies: Algorithme Pharma, Bacchus Vascular, Botaneco, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Ikonisys, Healthcare Management Systems, Illumigen Biosciences, Kilmer Capital Partners, Medical Specialties Distributors, Metastatix, Microphage, Orthosoft, Thomas McNerney & Partners, TranS1, TriReme Medical, Wren Medical, Zimmer
UPDATE: Expanded TriReme Medical, Ikonisys and TranS1 items.
UPDATE REDUX: Added MicroPhage item.
Stent-maker TriReme… Continue Reading
Optovue, an ocular disease treatment co., raises $10.5M
Optovue, a Fremont, Ca. maker of devices that improve diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease, has received $10.5 million in second round of funding, the company announced said.
Based on high speed and high resolution Fourier-Domain OCT technology, the products help with retina conditions such as… Continue Reading